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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 1904430" data-attributes="member: 8863">&quot;Never&quot; is the word used in the poll, so that's how I'm stating my preferences.&nbsp;&nbsp; But generally, I prefer being allowed to play the character I want to play without a DM forcing his own preconceptions upon me, and I do the same for my players.True, but this is D&amp;D, not Shakespeare or Cervantes.&nbsp;&nbsp; I play to kill things and take their stuff.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; I'm not the type of player they goes into in depth character acting.Besides, I'm not female, so I doubt I'd land the role of Lady Macbeth.&nbsp; And I'm far too old to get the role in the old-school Shakespearean way, IYKWIM.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />And I hated Death of a Saleman.Because that's not the kind of player I am.&nbsp; I'm not into the acting bit, and so taking a role that I don't identify with, or which I really don't want to play is something I have very little interest in.&nbsp; And if I'm pressured into it, it's not something I'm going to put effort into, because I don't like people forcing me to do things I don't like.&nbsp; If the situation is recreational, such as a weekly D&amp;D session, well then I have the freedom to reject it.&nbsp; Come on, everyone knows there are players out there that will play anything, and there are players that have their favorite types of characters.&nbsp; That's just the way D&amp;D is.Well, to me, accepting the role of a vampire for a GM that you liked playing uinder because the group needs one is different to me than say a GM saying, &quot;I'm sick of seeing you play werewolves all the time.&nbsp; I think it's time you start playing ones of these whiney goth freaks (I freely admit that I do not like V:tM, or the whole gothy pop-culture vampire image <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />) because I think you need to broaden your horizon.&quot;&nbsp; If I want to broaden my horizon, I'll do so&nbsp; the way I want.Like I said, I don't like clerics.&nbsp; Now, if a group absolutely needed a cleric, and the DM ran a damn good game, maybe I'd consider it. I would not want to play if the DM insisted on a core personality for the character and constantly stomped on me by saying, &quot;Your character would never do that.&quot;&nbsp; If OTOH, he asked me to roll up a cleric on my own, then I'd comply a little more readily.&nbsp; I would be able to accept some restrictions given the makeup of the party to avoid internal conflicts, because there's a certain amount of necessity there.&nbsp; But otherwise, I don't want to be forced to play a character someone else wants to see me play.It's not unusual that I don't like playing clerics, the cleric has long been an unpopular class (at least in the old days).&nbsp; But I also know that most D&amp;D games usually need a cleric to be successful.&nbsp; It would really depend on the campaign and the circumstances</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Orius, post: 1904430, member: 8863"] "Never" is the word used in the poll, so that's how I'm stating my preferences. But generally, I prefer being allowed to play the character I want to play without a DM forcing his own preconceptions upon me, and I do the same for my players. True, but this is D&D, not Shakespeare or Cervantes. I play to kill things and take their stuff. :) I'm not the type of player they goes into in depth character acting. Besides, I'm not female, so I doubt I'd land the role of Lady Macbeth. And I'm far too old to get the role in the old-school Shakespearean way, IYKWIM. :) And I hated [i]Death of a Saleman[/i]. Because that's not the kind of player I am. I'm not into the acting bit, and so taking a role that I don't identify with, or which I really don't want to play is something I have very little interest in. And if I'm pressured into it, it's not something I'm going to put effort into, because I don't like people forcing me to do things I don't like. If the situation is recreational, such as a weekly D&D session, well then I have the freedom to reject it. Come on, everyone knows there are players out there that will play anything, and there are players that have their favorite types of characters. That's just the way D&D is. Well, to me, accepting the role of a vampire for a GM that you liked playing uinder because the group needs one is different to me than say a GM saying, "I'm sick of seeing you play werewolves all the time. I think it's time you start playing ones of these whiney goth freaks (I freely admit that I do [b]not[/b] like V:tM, or the whole gothy pop-culture vampire image :)) because I think you need to broaden your horizon." If I want to broaden my horizon, I'll do so the way I want. Like I said, I don't like clerics. Now, if a group absolutely [i]needed[/i] a cleric, and the DM ran a damn good game, maybe I'd consider it. I would [b]not[/b] want to play if the DM insisted on a core personality for the character and constantly stomped on me by saying, "Your character would never do that." If OTOH, he asked me to roll up a cleric on my own, then I'd comply a little more readily. I would be able to accept some restrictions given the makeup of the party to avoid internal conflicts, because there's a certain amount of necessity there. But otherwise, I don't want to be forced to play a character someone else wants to see me play. It's not unusual that I don't like playing clerics, the cleric has long been an unpopular class (at least in the old days). But I also know that most D&D games usually need a cleric to be successful. It would really depend on the campaign and the circumstances [/QUOTE]

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